Subeta -

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Well, I thought is was something I could find on subeta and NOT via google, suspected a mime file. You can ask for details of the OSI model for all I care but I'm not bothering with trivias anymore if I don't know if they are exclusively subeta related or not.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I looked at it, laughed and didn't look at it again until today when it was changed.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I wasn't saying it mattered. All I said is that I am disadvantaged compared to most of you guys in terms of technology and all that and I still managed to get it.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">And I live in Africa - where we have lions as pets.

I want a lion as a pet. That would be very cool. I would need a shovel and a huge liter box though :/ on topic: I like the new trivia prize very much and it sounds like we are going to be getting a visit from some not so friendly critters.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Im sorry but I dont think it really matters what pet you have or where you live or what grade you went up to all i know is I am over 40 and I have never heard of using a decoder or even googling for one.I do know about computers and math and yet it didnt help.....Yep i agree the prize should be reused.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

If I knew it was a non-subeta related one, and if I knew we needed a decoder to figure it out, I would have looked it up on google.
I was in the impression it was a subeta related one, so I searched the site.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

"It is the internet and it is simple trivia. How can anyone NOT have even heard of Base64? It is the whole NET at your fingertips, whine less and think more. How hard it is to search for VBgejk2GG (or alike) + decoder?"

Alot of people use the net but don't know a thing about coding, so saying it was easy because you knew exactly what to look up is daft.
That trivia excluding a large amount of users because they simply had no idea what they were looking for.
I have never heard of Base64 as haven't many of my friends. These trivias are supposed to be fair to everyone, not just those who know about a certain subject.
Anyway! I think i got the new one

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

For all the people complaining - I got it right with no prior knowledge of base64. Just googled "decoder" and kept looking till I found it. And I live in Africa - where we have lions as pets. If a third-world country girl can get it, you have no excuse to complain.

If you have completed Mathematics or Computer Studies on anything above like Grade 10 level, you must have at least heard of binary, hexadecimal and octal? Or at least seen it on your calculator? Those are base 2, 6 and 8. So looking up base converters isn't a completely unreachable conclusion.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

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; border: 1px solid ; font-family: georgia; font-size: 10;">If you needed to look it up on google, it was NOT a subeta related question. I never heard of it before either. That prize should be reused.

I've complained about that before. The staff just shrug it off. Just take that editorial q&a off the page. They don't follow it anymore.

Baaas at the sheep

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Is Onegai Maleria Subeta related? Can you google it?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

If you needed to look it up on google, it was NOT a subeta related question. I never heard of it before either. That prize should be reused.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Your answer cursed pencil for the trivia was correct! Youve been given an Ikulbluewren and 150sP

It is the internet and it is simple trivia. How can anyone NOT have even heard of Base64? It is the whole NET at your fingertips, whine less and think more. How hard it is to search for VBgejk2GG (or alike) + decoder? It takes you to base 64, hexadecimal and whatever you want. If you think you should decode the code...and if it quacks, it must be a ducking decoding thing, no?!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Augh. I knew it was coded, I just couldn't figure out in WHAT! Turns out I actually found a really cool Colonial era cypher, in addition to a variant of Base64 that's called something else entirely ....

Well, congrats to Keith (and my Dad) for being uber-smart computer programming/coding nerds.

But I promise I'll beat either of them in a Philisophical debate. So !! (XD)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Err....what is Base64? I think I should google it. I have never heard of it until now.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I had a sneaky hunch it was programming related. After all, the Head Honcho is the Uber Programmer of this site. But, as the saying goes, "mah horse just don't go that way", so I gave it a pass. Final thought: There's a lot to be said for a "level playing field" cause gosh darn it Keith we're not all card-carrying MENSA members. So give us poor puzzle peons a break and keep it onsite. Muchas gracias

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Your answer cursed pencil for the trivia was correct! Youve been given an Ikulbluewren and 150sP

Awesome! n_n

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I think a lot of the complaints could have been avoided if the tag (format: English) would have been added. It doesn't give away much of anything and clarifies the whole of it. Oh well. Hindsight is 20/20.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I don't think it was right the way you posted the trivia question. No, I'm not whining about omg it was too hard so unfair I don't get the item. The point is that yes, you're really good at coding. We get it. Really. Not everyone is, in fact, not a lot of people are. what you're missing is the fact that most the complaining(at least that I could see) wasn't "omg I missed an item" it was more "Now, how would we have ever thought to do that? I couldn't understand any of it!" I'd be willing to bet that not a lot of people even knew what base64 was before now.

People expect the trivia to make them think. If you ask me, they were a little easy when I first joined here. However, this one? 2500 people entered and only 350 got it? Doesn't that say soemthing? Not to count the people(like me) who just didn't even enter anything. I'm not saying we should make it way too easy for everyone, but you can't take for granted because soemthing is trivial to you it is even KNOWN to everyone else.

And yeah, there's also the "other language" complaint. Because really, it is a coding language and I do see their point. HOWEVER, it's over and done with and I'mma go guess on the new trivia.

So do me a favor and don't ban me cause I'm an outspoken little chika (Who also rambles in odd directions >.>)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

noooooo........... I was wrong....... sigh though I would never of guessed.... oh well....

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

"I don't understand how you expect to be my equal on my site. That's like wanting to be an equal to the president, while in the USA. I make the rules, I'm allowed to bend them. Get over it."

That's a really terrible metaphor since actually the president of the USA is supposed to be equal to everyone else and is not above the law. The idea of everyone being equal is actually the entire idea this country was founded on- that's why we have a president and not a king.

Anyways, I didn't get the trivia, but I didn't think it was unfair. I looked at the string of letters and didn't get it so I didn't really try. But if it HAD occurred to me that it was a programming language, I could have easily figured it out. I don't understand how anyone can be on the internet and not have heard of a decoder for programming languages.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I submitted an answer I think makes sense, but I'm not confident in it.

Anyway, as to the last one, I'd bet a lot of the people upset over it are those who still need trivias to get into the Blue Building. I got it but I know when I first took a crack at it I was thinking, "Great, new trivias finally start coming out and this could be the second one in a row I don't get. Stupid building should just be torn down."

Also, some (not all) of the people complaining might not be as mad as they sound and may just be letting off steam.

Blue Building here I come, ever so slowly...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Well...good. Now I've HEARD of Base64. How it works or what it's good for (besides ticking off scads of people), I'm not quite sure.

Concerning the new trivia...I think it was easy; perhaps my answer is wrong.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I am so happy that I am not the only one on Subeta who refuses to be a sheep in the herd. JustMimi posted the Editorial question and answer...the same one that has been floating in my head ever since that ridiculous past trivia.

Making and breaking your rules is great. What is the use of making them though if you are just going to break them? People lose respect for these so-called "rule makers and breakers". Like that judge who was the head of some committee for regulating ridiculous lawsuits and then sues the drycleaners for like 150 million $$. You think he is respected anymore? LOL

I will prolly get frozen for pointing this out. Oh well!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Well, now I get why people were saying there are gonna be a lot of "Unfair!" complaints once the trivia is over. I didn't get it, I have never heard of base 64 in my life and I have no idea how I would've gotten to it, even if I tried to google just "decoder". But it's just one trivia, one prize.. it really isn't a big deal.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ok. Been searching for this answer for like 5 hours or more now... lost count somewhere. Anyways, I'm off to bed. Another trivia I didn't get. Hope I can get the next one.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I just went OMG WTF and answered 'qwerty'. XD I rock.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

oh god, some of you people need to seriously piss off and get a life! aww, you missed the trivia huh? thought it was too hard huh? well suck it up. nothing in life is easy, and you win some and lose. remember those two principles and you will live a happy life and hopefully stop complaining. god.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Wow. This trivia sounds so dark and eerie.... @

Sweet question, DNA.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm sorry, but your answer of wtf for the trivia was incorrect.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I wanted that Ikulbluewren D':
But this question is even harder!
All the more reason to answer

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

the next one will be in c++

Works for me, I at least know a BIT of C++

Base64, BAH. LOL

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I Think I got this one, but I'm not that sure...

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

DNA - wonderful trivia question! Thank you.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I find this one to be trickier than the last one. For the last one all I did was google "decoder" and found the site which decoded the text and went to subetahq and found the item. shrugs I guess everyone has better luck with different types of trivias.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

the next one will be in c++

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Id like to point out that A) the trivia WAS still Subeta- related once you figured out the question.
and B) LOTS of people had posted that it looked like a code, and wondered where to decode it.. so its not as if that idea wasnt plastered all over for people to see.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

That was one hard question.
(I didn't get it, but It was pretty hard for those of us who don't like deciphering things late at night, like me)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Well I learned something new today. I had no idea about the trivia but I think the encoder/decoder thing is cool and I bookmarked it for future reference If you didn't have any idea what the trivia was about (like me) just save up for the prize and buy it. Yeesh, it's just pixels! Complaining is probably going to provoke the powers that be to start doing harder trivias just to tick off the complainers.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

ignores all of the complaining below

Eep. I feel like my answer to this question was too obvious to be right. xP

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

way to go Keith

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

you people make me insane.

keith ... YOU make me insane.

insanity is not always a good thing.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I can just see it.

"Let's go sue, or at least riot, the trivia game company, because they asked a question that we didn't understand!"

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

one last comment and I will leave..
I am pretty sure bush does traffic things illegal in
HAHAHAHAHA

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Keith said:
While we're on the subject of equality, there are users who are under 10. So we should slim down the trivia's even further with easy questions [but keep the rare prizes, of course!] and keep the questions that be answered with under 10 minutes of work [Because, kids have to study for school and can't spend so much time on the internet.]
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By no means, Keith. However, if one makes a statement, such as the one in the issue 14 editorial, it is not unreasonable to suppose that when one does not abide by one's statement, that there will be a hue and cry. Yes, as you said to Flit, you have the right to do whatever you like on your own site - make rules, bend them, shatter them, whatever you'd like. Since, however, the expectations of your users is that the rules will be equally applied, (just as the President is no more allowed to traffic in controlled substances than any other citizen) it is rather counter-intuitive to think they will not complain, and will simply say, "oh, right, Keith can do anything" without questioning it.

I think I'll just bypass the trivias which appear to be extremely arcane -- though that would be easier if I didn't enjoy learning new things so much. Would it be possible to include the explanation for the answer and if needed, the method of solving the puzzle, along with the answer in the past trivias section?

Thanks.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Its funny when Debilee is here.. people gripe, when she is gone people gripe.. unsure

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Aw isn't this cute, all the people are now complaining over not easy trivias. Even I didn't get it, but at least I learned something new. 8D
This site makes me laugh sometimes.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Debilee has stated several times her complete dislike for riddles, so I am happy to have one while she's gone. One well written riddle once in a blue moon makes me happy.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

taking that small sting as an example of what coding can do to your brain - imagine recoding this entire site

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

=3 I like the creativity of this and the last Trivia. =0
Is it alright if I save this poem just to look at it? It's very lovely.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Wow, alot of negative comments! I myself got it wrong by my 1st comment. I have never in my life heard of a thing called 'text decoder' and I am an adult. Its called "Trivia" and also luck in some cases. I am not mad I got it wrong, I actually learned something i've never heard of so I win some sort of prize, knowledge We can't win them all so give the staff a break!

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